untarnished

adj

"untarnished" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“untarnished” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not tarnished

Corpus desk

Index EN-untarnished · untarnished · English

untarnished · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for untarnished
PropertyValue
Headworduntarnished
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “untarnished” in English

untarnishedranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

untarnished is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not tarnished".

Zero misspellings are on record for untarnished in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + tarnished. The correct English form is untarnished, spelled U-N-T-A-R-N-I-S-H-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Not tarnished

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how untarnished appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Because White had been working for a different Govia franchise, rather than for either Southeastern or the parent group, he was untarnished by any of the financial accusations made by the Government.

Etymology

From un- + tarnished.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "untarnished"?
"untarnished" is spelled U-N-T-A-R-N-I-S-H-E-D.
What does "untarnished" mean?
As an adjective, "untarnished" means: Not tarnished
What is the origin of the word "untarnished"?
From un- + tarnished. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list